2024 Union County Junior Fair Schedule
Wednesday, July 17
Time TBD
Food & Nutrition Project Judging
Shooting Sports Judging
Thursday, July 18
Time TBD
Clothing Project Judging
Special Interest Project Judging
Friday, July 19
9am-5pm Special Interest Project Judging (Armory)
12pm Horse move in (optional)
6:30pm Horse Orientation
7pm Horse Skillathon (all ages)
7:30pm Equine Ambassador Interviews
Saturday, July 20
6am – 1pm Sheep and Goats Move In
6am – 5pm Swine move in
1:30 pm Sheep & Goats Barn Meeting, 2 pm Weigh-In
3:00 pm Horses must be in place for vet check
5:00 pm Registration: Horse Judging/Team Tournament/ High Point
5:00 pm Horse Judging Contest
6:00 pm Swine Weigh-In, Barn Mtg. at 5:30
7:00 pm Horse Opening Ceremonies
Sunday, July 21
6am – 11pm Beef, Dairy Feeder, and Dairy Move In
9:00 am Sheep Showmanship and County Born and Raised Classes
9am – 11am Poultry Move in
10:00 am Horses – English Show
11:15 am Poultry Barn Meeting and Weigh-in & Pictures
4pm – 7pm Rabbits Move-in
4:30 pm Royalty Crowning (Arena)
5:00 pm Sheep Market Show
7:15 pm Rabbit Barn Meeting and Weigh-in & Pictures
Monday, July 22
9:00 am Horses – Western and Driving Show
9:00 am Rabbit Skillathon- Juniors (Armory)
9:30 am Rabbit Skillathon – Inter & Seniors (Armory)
10:00 am Mkt Beef, Dairy Feeders, & Beef Feeders Weigh In & Pictures (Barn meeting at 9:30)
10:00 am Chicken Show: Market Chicken Classes, Chicken Showmanship, Exhibition Chickens (Rabbit and Poultry Bldg.)
11:00 am Dairy Skillathon (Armory)
12:00 pm Swine Skillathon (Armory)
1:30 pm Dairy Judging Contest
6:00 pm Swine Showmanship / CBR Classes
Tuesday, July 23
9:00 am Rabbit Show (Showmanship, Breeding, Market)
9:00 am Poultry Skillathon, Juniors (Armory)
9:45 am Rabbit Skillathon, Inter. & Seniors (Armory)
10:00 am Dairy Show
10:00 am Horses – Ranch Pleasure Show
11:00 am Sheep Skillathon (Armory)
2:30 pm 4-H Style Review (Armory)
3:30, 4:30 Special Interest Awards (Armory)
Projects for each time TBA
5:00 pm Horses – Performance Show
6:00 pm Swine Market Show (released at show conclusion.)
Wednesday, July 24
9:00 am All hogs not in the Livestock Sale or being sent on packer truck are to be off the fairgrounds
9:00 am Beef Skillathon
10:00 am Horses – Jr/Sr Versatility
10:30 am Goat Skillathon
11:00 am Turkey Show – Market and Showmanship
12:00 pm Walk/Trot Versatility
2:00 pm Horses – Ride and Drive Versatility
2:30 pm Waterfowl – Market, Showmanship, Exhibition Classes followed by Overall Poultry Showman of Showmen
4:00 pm Beef Showmanship, Dairy Feeder Show: Showmanship followed by Market Classes
5:00 pm Horses – Championship/Ambassador
7:00 pm Horse Fantasia
Thursday, July 25
9:00 am Goat Show: Showmanship, Breeding, CBR
9:00 am Horse Demonstration Contest
11:00 am Horse Groom and Clean Team Tournament
1:00 pm General Livestock Judging
4:00 pm Rabbit Skillathon Awards (Rabbit/Poultry Building)
4:30 pm Poultry Skillathon Awards (Rabbit/Poultry Building)
5:00pm Goat Show: Market Goat Classes
7:00 pm Rabbit, Poultry Released (Must be off fairgrounds by 9pm Thursday)
Friday, July 26
10:00 am Horse Fun Show
1:00 pm Horseless Horse Show & Cowboy Challenge
3:00 pm Dairy, Beef, Goat, Swine and Sheep Skillathon Awards
6:00 pm Horse Awards Banquet 7:00 pm Beef Breeding, Beef feeder Calves and Market Beef Show Time TBD Showman of Showmen Exhibition – 30 min after beef show 9:00 pm Sheep, Goats, Beef and Dairy Feeder Non-Sale Animals Released (Must be off fairgrounds by 8 am Saturday)
10:00 pm Horses dismissed (Must be off grounds by 10 am Saturday)
Saturday, July 27
10:00 am Livestock Sale
4pm -5pm Special Interest Projects Released
Please remember to thank your buyers!
2023 Jr Fair Committee
Thanks for all your work and dedication!
2023 Jr. Fair Committee | 2023 Jr. Fair Committee Continued | ||||
Sara Quick/Chair Swine | 937-789-3638 | s.quick114@gmail.com | Lynn Vollrath/Poultry | 937-537-6043 | Lvollrath1@gmail.com |
Eric Burns/Co-Chair Sheep | 937-537-0816 | amerburns@gmail.com | Derrick Wheeler/Swine | 614-554-1786 | wheeler78@icloud.com |
Byron Jones/Rabbits | 937-594-0201 | lbjonesjr55@gmail.com | Mike Hockensmith/Beef | 937-243-3358 | Mphockensmith@gmail.com |
Chandra Hall/Poultry | 740-225-2490 | ladyrinos711@gmail.com | John Cook/Dairy | 937-537-0215 | atfd450@yahoo.com |
OJ Sancho/Poultry | 614-579-3129 | ojsancho@gmail.com | Chris Nicol/Dairy | 614-207-9855 | cnicol@dublin.oh.us |
Shane Griffey/Swine | 937-707-7597 | samwyatt26@aol.com | Julie Ziegler/Dairy | 614-579-2180 | 6zieglers@gmail.com |
Andy Partee/Swine | 614-813-8127 | Partee_andy@yahoo.com | Brian Wilson/Sheep | 614-554-5790 | wilsonbw4430@gmail.com |
Dain Bruns/Poultry | 614-361-6234 | dain.bruns@gmail.com | Laurie Reidman/Swine | 714-315-9110 | agrox98@gmail.com |
Mike Vollrath/Poultry | 937-313-4578 | mvollrath2001@gmail.com | Shelby Jones/Rabbits | 937-707-2495 | shelbyq03@gmail.com |
Andy Niehaus/Veterinarian | 614-292-6664 | niehaus.25@osu.edu | Justin McCreary | 937-243-6115 | mccreary_justin@yahoo.com |
Livestock Sale Records
Buyer Levels
Premier Platinum: $20,00 or more
- Honda Marysville & Leon’s Garage
- Union Propane
- Strait & Lamp Lumber Company
- Sam Jackson’s Auto Body Repairs
Platinum: $7,000 to $19,999
- Chapman Ford
- Green & Sons, LTD
- Guilder Winkle Partners, Inc.
- ASE Feed & Supply
- Goodwin Services
- Pebble Construction LLC
- New Reflection Counseling Center
- Hogan Tire & Service
- Richwood Bank
- Russian Fellowship Grace Baptist Church
- Merchants National Bank
- Gerten Farms
- Bluebird Retirement Community
- Shanklin Enterprises
- Tom & Sarah Vollrath Family
- Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
- Jeff & Laurie Reidman
Gold: $3,000 to $6,999
- Stewart Seed/Aaron Boerger Dealership
- Preferred Logistics
- North Main Motors
- Weeks Plumbing
- Shcheiderer Transport
- Applied Electric
- Union Rural Electric
- Memorial Health
- Kimberly Kampers
- HER Realtors and Central Ohio Realtors
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital
- VFW 3320
- Trapp Family Farms
- ABIS-JH Ward Agency
- Marysville Primary Care
- Poet Grain, LLC
- Premier Assets LLC & Mihalic Associates & Auctioneer
- Conrad Leibold Woerner & Co.
- Phelps Farms, Inc.
- Eufinger Law Offices
- WD Excavating
- CCFS
- Chuckery Farms
- Union Co Ag Society
Silver: $1000 to $2,999
- Hillview Farms
- Warwick Seed
- Parrott Implement Co.
- Woodside Vet. Hospital
- Midway Market
- Rings Family Farms
- Union County Commissioners, Elected Officials & Tracy Richardson
- A G Boogher & Sons
- Lee Farms
- Tom Shanklin
- Bowman Family Farm
- Dean Cook Insurance
- B R & J Farms Ltd – Joe Young
- Ag Pro
- Smart Oil
- Marysville Dairy Queen
- Liberty National Bank
- Bane-Welker
- Mark Wolfe – Seed Consultants
- First Federal Community Bank
- JAG Farm
- Farm Credit Mid America
- Andy Weeks Construction
- Wingfield Farms
- Kerri & Darlene Grant
- Bergman Farms
- Union County Foundation
- Spartan Insurance
- Destiny Angus Farm
- Madison Fields Solar Project
- Jeff Wilson & Associates
- Vandre Professional Properties, LLC
- OSU Large Animal Services
- Scheiderer Plumbing and Heating
- LeVan’s Excavating
- Union Co Fraternal Order of Police
- Jenny Phelps
- Mike Vollrath
- New York Life
- Jeannie Thompson Farms
- Heritage Cooperative
- Burns Farm
- Jamie Patton
- Mixins & Fixins
- Cardinal Construction Service
- Stillings Trucking & Grain Hauling
- Welker Vet Services
- GF Logic LLC (Grand Family)
- Funderburgh Ag Services – Pioneer Seeds
- Darby Creek Farm
- Clarridge’s Discount Septic
- Custom Hauling
- McCullough Plumbing LLC
- Pathways Credit Union
- Martey Masterson, DVM
- McGuire Ag
- Bodey Insurance
- Jim & Heather Holland
- Tom Nichol
- Alloy Employee Services
- Jeffrey Himler, DDS
Bronze: < $1000
- JCW Farms Partnership
- Chrisanmel LLC
- Leeds Farms
- Dave Burke
- Lloyd Helmuth
- Slemmons Excavating
- Johnson Genetics
- Mark & Nancy Seger
- Wilson National
- Blumenschein Farms Ltd
- Underhill Family
- MLA Trucking
- Eda’s Italian Ice
- Cory Cook
- The Headings Family
- Kuhlwein Farms
- Marysville Moose Lodge 1651
- Skylight Financial Group
- Bill Keck for Marysville School Board
- Nestle PTC
- Cryder Family
- Marysville Fence
- Sandy’s Pool Service LLC
- Americas Trusted Ins. Group
- Calvin Low Freezer Beef Sale
- Ken Hughes
- Adam & Laura Goodwin Family
- RB Equipment Auction Time
- Kuhlwein Propane
- Johnston IT – HD Security Cameras
- Holbrok & Manter CPA’s
- Marysville Lions Club
- Vallery Family Farms
- Davisson Family
- Justin Frey
- MS Owens and Sons Farms LLC
- George & Sandy Burns
- Sexing Technologies Ohio Heifer Center
- Select Sires
- Village Mart
- Derek & Brigit Nicol
- Greg & Marti Dellinger Family
- Melanie and Jeff Ziegler
- R.E. Skillings
- Tracey Richardson for State Representative
- Ken Stiverson
- Syngenta Crop Protection
- Gregg & Marilyn Fogle
- Der Dutchman Restaurant
- Fissel Floor Covering
- Dave Campbell Crop Insurance
- Bill & Gail Keck
- Bluegrass Farms of Ohio
- Mechanicsburg FOE #3974
- Aaron Hanselman, Attorney at Law
- Buckeye Cropcare
- KMW2
- Piper Contracting
- Wingfield Animal Clinic
- Nick Scheiderer
- Brian Phelps
- John & June Seymour
- Integrated Ag Services
- Mark & Chris Sayers
- Nutrien Ag Solutions
- Farmers National Company
- Ron & Cheryl Leeds
- Richard Carpenter
- Vollrath Farms
- Dr. Ken Weitzel Pediatric & Adolescent Dentistry
- Burns Family
- CLC Club Lambs
- Lucas Raush Trucking LLC
- Homan, Inc.
- Locin Farm LLC
- Metzger Family Farms, LLC
- Mill Creek Insurance Agency
- The Bleyle Family
- Rick & Diane Hampton
- WF Farms
- Stillwater Mums, LLC
- Sorensen Insurance Agency
- Tom and Kelly Brickey
- Arran and Laruen Schultz